17 Dec 2023
Ochradenus socotranus
This individual grows on Socotra’s Nait coast, at the edge of a 400 meter drop to the sea. Elevation: 263 meters. Endemic.
17 Dec 2023
Ochradenus socotranus
This individual grows on Socotra’s Nait coast, at the edge of a 400 meter drop to the sea. During the summer months the southwestern monsoon reigns supreme…
3 Feb 2015
Ochradenus socotranus
The cliffs on the way to Shuab beach of west Socotra have lots of interesting seemingly inaccessible locations for goats and thus the promise of untouched…
3 Feb 2015
Ochradenus socotranus
Linear leaves barely distinguishable unless you get up close. This was an untouched and healthy specimen growing out of the sheer cliff face, which is key to…
24 Nov 2011
Phrygionis polita
Once again a moth with nature's own Henna paint. It seems like metallic paint, as it's elevated from the rest of the wing surface. 0.002500,…
27 Nov 2010
Ello Sphinx (Erinnyis ello)
Most of the daytime (diurnal) butterflies were either hard to get close to, were restlessly fluttering around never to settle down more than a blink of an eye,…
